Sitting Under A Tree with Aidan Jones

Ep 356 - Lost in New York Pt. 2

I'm still having the time of my life in New York. I didn't even talk about my own comedy or creative ideas once in this podcast, I was just too busy recounting all of the wonderful experiences I've been having. God, this is the best!

Ep 355 - Lost in New York

I'm here.

Ep 354 - Farewell to the Fringe

The Edinburgh Fringe is over for another year. It really is the most beautiful thing in the world, and to celebrate the last night I went up Arthur's Seat with some friends to watch the sunrise. It's a huge Fringe tradition but for one reason or another I've never gotten around to it. When the sun came up over the horizon, the several hundred people who had made the climb after performing every day for a whole month cheered together. Then we all had to climb down.

Ep 353 - Late

The podcast is quite late! The fringe continues to be an all-encompassing beast, and my piano show continues to be delightful and well-received. Went to Furiozo last night and it was, once again, incredible. Five days left. Come on.

Ep 352 - Autistic Show and Tell

I'm so tired man. I didn't realise until I turned the mic on, but yeah. Uhff.

Ep 351 - I’m Letting Myself Get Carried Away

My show has been full the last three days and it's really exciting! Each one has been great, and it feels like people are talking about it. I've seen a few things as well, but the one part of the Fringe experience I feel like I've neglected so far is the hang! So I reckon tonight and the next few days, that's the focus. Let's hang, baby!

Ep 350 - Message Flyerer

Today is the first day of the Edinburgh Fringe! I'm a couple days late to record the podcast this week because I landed in London on Monday afternoon, got the overnight train up to Edinburgh, and then have been racing around getting everything ready for the first shows ever since. My first show is in under 5 hours, I'm excited, scared, happy, grateful, nervous... but I'm here! We are DOING IT!!!! Come on.

Ep 349 - Who Cares

By the time the next podcast is out, I'll be in Edinburgh! Or maybe not, maybe I'll decide to record in the airport or something, but the point is, I'm heading to the Fringe very soon! And I'm so excited about comedy, and about playing the piano, and about life generally! What a blessing to be able to do this, and how funny that despite all of it, I still spend an inordinate amount of time yelling at my phone. Funny.

Ep 348 - Don't Get Too Comfortable

Last night I went out for dinner with my beautiful boys and after a fantastic bit of Indonesian food we thought we'd go get some baklava. We went to a place called International Cakes and the food sucked so bad. Also when we got in there, the first thing the guy behind the counter said to us was, "Don't get too comfortable.", which we laughed about for ages afterwards, so I've made it the title of this week's pod.

Ep 347 - I'm Moving To London

In the last few weeks something has shifted for me about the way I think about Melbourne and my future here. I don't think there's any way for me to have the career I want as a comedian in this country, so I'm doing the only sensible thing, next year I'm going to apply the visa that I was supposed to apply for last year, and I'm moving to London. I'm excited, scared, hopeful, sad. Also I'm off to Edinburgh in three weeks!